Chair



' L. EHRLIOH.

CHAIR (No ModelJ No. 327,668. Patented 001;. e, 1885'.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

Leo EHRLIOH, or sr. LOUIS, MIssoURL CHAIR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 327,668, dated October 6, 1885.

Application filed May 29, 1884. Serial No. 133,220.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, LEO EHR'LIoH, of the city of St. Louis, in the State of Missouri, have invented a certain new and useful Im- 5 provementin Chairs and other Seats, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification.

This invention is shown as applied to an opera-chair, but may be applied to other chairs or seats or to church-pews.

The invention consists in securing to the back of the chair or otherseat the device, hereinafter described, to support a hat and other articles.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of an operachair with my invention applied-thereto, showing the bat-support folded up against the back of the seat. Fig. 2 is a perspective view showing the back and the opposite side to that shown in Fig. 1, the hat-support being turned down. Fig. 3 is an enlarged perspective view of a cane-holder. j

A is the base-frame or legs of a chair, and B the back. The arms are shown at C and the seat at D.

E is the drop'shelf or hat-support, secured to the edges of the back by hinge-arms F, bent at a right angle at f, so that the ends f extend parallel with the edges of the back and turn on studs G, projecting from the said edges, the studs passing through the arms. The form of the arms F is such that the support E may be folded up against the rear side of the back, as shown in Fig. 1, or may be turned down into a nearly horizontal position, the edge of the support in the latter case hearing against the back and serving with the hinge-arms F to sustain the support in this position, as the bearing of the edge of the support against the back is at a lower level than the studs G.

(No model.)

The support may be held in its elevated position by a button, H, engaging its upper edge. here the attachment is made to a church-pew or similar thing the arms F would be hinged to brackets attached to the pewback. The arms F would be provided with the angular bends f, so that the arms themselves or the edge of the support, or both, would have bearing against the back of the pew at a place below the level of the, hinges, so as to support the support without any separate brace or bracket for that purpose.

The umbrella-support consists of a simple .bent finger, I, secured to the back and made to grasp the upper part of an umbrella or walkingcane, the lower end of the umbrella or cane resting upon the floor. This finger may be made of steel wire or any suitable material, so that it may be sprung open to allow the entrance of the article or to allow its disengagement, and will spring in upon it to hold it in place.

J are elastic straps attached at the ends to the support E to support a hat or other light article.

I claim as my invention 1. The combination, with the back of a seat, of the shelf or support E, having straps to support a hat and hinged at the same, so as to admit of being folded up against the back and being let down in position for use, substantially as setforth.

2. The combination, with the back of a seat, of the support E, provided with hinges armbent angularly at f, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

LEO EHRLIC-H.

Witnesses:

SAML. KNIGHT. GEO. H. KNIGHT. 

